Are you a German Shepherd dog lover?

Although I have had a long history with dogs, I did not become a true dog owner and lover until recently. Although I was always impressed by how intelligent police dogs were, I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would own a German Shepherd.

In the Islands, the German Shepherd is still called the Alsatian and is one of the most respected dogs in the country to this day. Ever since I became a dog lover I like to talk about German Shepherds and how I acquired the little love of my life.

What impressive dogs are German Shepherds; highly intelligent, strong and loyal dogs that look good or are a good looking dog. Most often employed by the military and police for search and rescue missions, they are known to be the best dogs bred to work. Some of their great characteristics are that they are extremely loyal to their owners and people they are familiar with, even children, but they can also become very attached and aggressive towards people they don’t know.

These dogs are known to have two coats, the undercoat or undercoat is made up of short hairs that do not shed frequently, while the outer or top coat constantly sheds to show short or medium hairs with long hairs being less common. .

I got my German Shepherd at work one day when one of the young men I worked with mentioned to a group of ladies that his neighbor’s dog and her two two-month-old puppies jumped into his pool. He said his neighbor really didn’t want to keep the puppies because someone else’s dog mated with his dog without them knowing and they didn’t need too many dogs so they wanted to give them away.

Needless to say, the puppies were going to be given away and all the ladies were excited to ask what kind of puppies they were. Since the ladies seem to prefer smaller breed dogs, he was calling smaller dog breed names and apparently the two dogs had found new owners amongst the staff.

The young man agreed to take the puppies to work with their new owners since there were two dogs to give away. When the ladies saw that the dogs weren’t the smallest breed dogs, they expected the excitement and interest to fade because instead these puppies were a German Shepherd mix. German Shepherds are large breed dogs that are generally between 22 and 26 inches long, with their ideal height being 25 inches. Those ladies didn’t want big type dogs because these dogs are between 49 and 95 pounds. A dog ended up getting an owner from the ladies who had promised to take care of it. The other puppy was in a box waiting, hoping someone would want to take her home.

After leaving a meeting the night in question in which the young man brought the dogs, I saw him standing in the lobby looking bewildered with a box containing the only remaining dog. When I asked him why he was still at work, he said that he didn’t know what to do with the puppy that nobody wanted and that he didn’t want to take it to his neighbor because the dog would be given to an animal shelter.

I wasn’t a real “dog lover” yet, but I agreed to take the scared little German Shepherd home with my two kids. My kids had been asking for a dog for years, but I never wanted one until they were old enough to take care of it.

When I called and told my kids I was bringing home a puppy, they quickly dismissed the idea because they never believed I would bring home a dog. Remember, as an islander we never bring dogs inside the house, but that night I did. As soon as I got home with the scared little pup, my kids quickly picked her up and lovingly bathed her.

We named our little shepherd mix Nahla, who is now seven months old. The boys are doing very well training the dog. She has a great temperament for our family and is a sweet and loving dog.